This is not breaking news, but DC Universe Online is now free to play, no longer requiring a monthly subscription. If you've previously passed on the opportunity to interact with Booster Gold inside the DC Universe, you are running out of excuses.

The above video is the Booster Gold boss battle of the game's HIVE Duo mission. If you just want to see Booster and Skeets, skip to about the 3:30 mark. If you want to fight Booster Gold yourself, play DC Universe Online.

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Cartoon Network's animated Green Lantern cartoon debuted last week. Several promotions for the upcoming "DC Nation" block of cartoons ran during the show. Eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted a certain golden-garbed figure and his 25th-century sidekick among the many DC heroes. Unfortunately, Booster and Skeets weren't seen in any of the cartoons previewed (their appearance was actually lifted from the cover of Booster Gold #40 by Pat Ollife), but it's good to see them included nonetheless.

A video recording of the broadcast commercial can be seen in this YouTube video uploaded by tdubois01. (Morgenstern notes that Booster is at about the 6 second mark.) Hopefully DC will release a better copy of the commercial soon so that the world can get a good view of the greatest hero (and sidekick) that no one has ever heard of.

UPDATE 11/15/2011: DCEntertainmentTV has uploaded the whole video in better quality here.

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They say that you can have too much of a good thing, so it's good to know that most of our voters exercise some restraint with their collecting. Hopefully you are saving your money for the big-ticket Booster Gold collectibles, such as a life-sized Skeets replica -- should they ever come out.

Last week's poll question: How many Booster Gold figures do you own? (43 votes)

Speaking of too much of a good thing, once upon a time comic book stories were told succinctly in a issue or less. Now stories typically plod slowly over a half dozen issues so that they can be collected into trades. How do you feel about this storytelling decompression?

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Last year Boosterrific.com promised you that the cutest thing on the internet was a Booster Gold doll. A year later, and nothing has changed except the doll.

Another year, another doll! This unique 11-inch tall Booster Gold plushie comes with a little Skeets, because your little stuffed Booster Gold companion needs his own little stuffed companion. The pair are available from the Etsy.com store of Showboat on the Road, where you can also find hand-wash-only Aquaman doll. Make note that Showboat on the Road is willing to take custom orders. (Rani? Godiva? Perforated Man? The mind still boggles!)

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No new release from DC for Booster Gold today, so maybe you'd like to take a look at an old, unauthorized release. Morgenstern -- who seems to be on a mission of his own, tracking down Booster Gold across the farthest corners of the internet -- recommends xanykaos' Booster and Beetle comic on Deviant Art.

Complete with a surprise guest appearance of another notable couple of time travelers, this little comic from 2009-2010 will make you laugh and cry. Hey, DC, why can't you scrap one of the 9 Batman-related comics on shelves this week to make room for more books like this?

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